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===Rise===

===Rise===

 

Harris's rise to prominence in the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] came about by having a sexual affair with a powerful married California Democrat three decades her senior, earning her the nickname, "HeelsUp Harris."<ref>https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a26077919/kamala-harris-willie-brown-dating-explained/</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/kamala_heelsupharris_ascends_to_the_top_of_the_biden_vp_list_what_could_go_wrong.html</ref> California House Speaker and former San Francisco mayor [[Willie Brown]] used his clout with donors to fund Harris' run for San Francisco D.A.  

Harris's rise to prominence in the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] came about by having a sexual affair with a powerful married California Democrat three decades her senior, earning her the nickname, "HeelsUp Harris."<ref>https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a26077919/kamala-harris-willie-brown-dating-explained/</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/kamala_heelsupharris_ascends_to_the_top_of_the_biden_vp_list_what_could_go_wrong.html</ref> California House Speaker and former San Francisco mayor [[Willie Brown]] used his clout with donors to fund Harris' run for San Francisco D.A.  

Brown bought her a [[BMW]] and promoted her from a low-level clerk in the Public Defenders office to several six-figure income jobs in the California Democrat political machine.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref>  According to the ''New Yorker'', Harris had no meaningful long-term [[heterosexual]] relationships with men for twenty years after her affair with Willie Brown ended.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref>  Harris' failure as California Attorney General to defend California's citizen ballot referendum, Proposition 8, in federal court - which passed overwhelmingly to amend the California Constitution defining [[marriage]] as between a biological man and woman, led to the alleged "legalization" of [[same-sex "marriage"]] in California.<ref>https://www.dailynews.com/2013/06/29/life-after-prop-8-the-fight-over-gay-marriage-to-continue-after-supreme-court-decision/</ref>

Brown bought her a [[BMW]] and promoted her from a low-level clerk in the Public Defenders office to several six-figure income jobs in the California Democrat political machine.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref>  According to the ''New Yorker'', Harris had no meaningful long-term [[heterosexual]] relationships with men for twenty years after her affair with Willie Brown ended.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref>  Harris' failure as California Attorney General to defend California's citizen ballot referendum, Proposition 8, in federal court - which passed overwhelmingly to amend the California Constitution defining [[marriage]] as between a biological man and woman, led to the alleged "legalization" of [[same-sex "marriage"]] in California.<ref>https://www.dailynews.com/2013/06/29/life-after-prop-8-the-fight-over-gay-marriage-to-continue-after-supreme-court-decision/</ref>

 

Harris's qualifications consist of checking off multiple [[intersectional]] boxes in the Democrats' program of [[identity politics]] and, according to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', her "black, low-rise Chuck Taylor All-Stars, the classic Converse shoe that has long been associated more closely with cultural cool than carefully managed high-profile candidacies."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-kamala-harris-shoes-slammed</ref>  ''[[NBC News]]'' is enthralled by her bold fashion statement "Harris wears Timberlands to survey [[California wildfires|California wildfire]] damage" and people's lives turned to ash.  ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' published a probing analysis of the way Harris "bounced" off her private plane to view the devastation in California: "Was it the shoe choice itself or just Harris’ assured manner that sold the look so hard? Perhaps a mixture of both. That jaunty strut? A construction boot made popular by [[New York]] rappers? [[Mike Pence]] could never."<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-wore-timberlands-the-internet-responded?via=twitter_page</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' published an article as well as a photo essay on Harris's trendy shoes.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/parody/kamala-harris-shoe-sexism/</ref> [[Yahoo]] Finance assessed that Harris "may have made Timberland boots cool again," citing a tweet from the official BET account: "What better validation of Timberland ruggedness — mixed with comfort — than Harris’ entire day in them. And what better signal to shoppers that Timbs could be cool again — maybe not early ‘90s cool — but cool now that Harris is wearing a sneaker-like version of the iconic footwear."<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-may-have-made-timberland-boots-cool-again-174021441.html</ref> By contrast, incumbent VP [[Mike Pence]] has a discernible record of failure to have reporting on his shoe choice over a 20-year career in electoral politics.<ref>https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/freepress/story/2020/sep/13/cooper-eye-left/532074/</ref>

Harris's qualifications consist of checking off multiple [[intersectional]] boxes in the Democrats' program of [[identity politics]] and, according to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', her "black, low-rise Chuck Taylor All-Stars, the classic Converse shoe that has long been associated more closely with cultural cool than carefully managed high-profile candidacies."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-kamala-harris-shoes-slammed</ref>  ''[[NBC News]]'' is enthralled by her bold fashion statement "Harris wears Timberlands to survey [[California wildfires|California wildfire]] damage" and people's lives turned to ash.  ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' published a probing analysis of the way Harris "bounced" off her private plane to view the devastation in California: "Was it the shoe choice itself or just Harris’ assured manner that sold the look so hard? Perhaps a mixture of both. That jaunty strut? A construction boot made popular by [[New York]] rappers? [[Mike Pence]] could never."<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-wore-timberlands-the-internet-responded?via=twitter_page</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' published an article as well as a photo essay on Harris's trendy shoes.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/parody/kamala-harris-shoe-sexism/</ref> [[Yahoo]] Finance assessed that Harris "may have made Timberland boots cool again," citing a tweet from the official BET account: "What better validation of Timberland ruggedness — mixed with comfort — than Harris’ entire day in them. And what better signal to shoppers that Timbs could be cool again — maybe not early ‘90s cool — but cool now that Harris is wearing a sneaker-like version of the iconic footwear."<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-may-have-made-timberland-boots-cool-again-174021441.html</ref> By contrast, incumbent VP [[Mike Pence]] has a discernible record of failure to have reporting on his shoe choice over a 20-year career in electoral politics.<ref>https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/freepress/story/2020/sep/13/cooper-eye-left/532074/</ref>